Kwabena Duodu, a former accountant for a national children’s charity, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was convicted of 10 counts of cheating the public revenue and seven counts of furnishing false information. He spent part of the stolen funds on a 5-bedroom house. A third pastor received a suspended sentence for his part in the scheme. He exploited his knowledge of the charity sector to file false claims for 10 evangelical churches, HMRC said. He conspired with others, including a “crooked preacher,” to use the details of multiple churches.
Source: OCCRP, 2024-12-06; https://www.occrp.org/en/news/evangelical-pastors-caught-in-a-charity-fraud-scheme